Report on Austria

Introduction

This report explores attitudes towards gender roles and immigration in Austria using data from 2017 European Value Study (EVS). Key variables analyzed include v72 and v80, which respectively measure perceptions on maternal employment effects and job priority during scarcity. We will incorporates demographic information such as age, sex, and education level for a comprehensive analyses.

  • v72 - Child suffers with working mother
    • Question: When a mother works for pay, the children suffer
    • Scale: 1 (Strongly agree) to 4 (Strongly disagree)
  • v80 - Jobs are scarce:giving…(nation)priority
    • Question: When jobs are scarce, employers should give priority to [Nationality] people over immigrants”
    • Scale: 1 (Strongly agree) to 4 (Strongly disagree)

Descriptive Analysis

Below tables are descriptive statistics for both continuous (v72, v80, age) and categorical variables (sex, education) in Austria.

Summary Statistics for v72 and v80
Variables Mininum 1st Qu. Median Mean 3rd Qu. Maximum
v72 1 2 2.5 2.54000 3 4
v80 1 2 2.0 2.59300 4 5
age 18 37 50.0 50.83577 65 82
Summary Statistics for sex and education
variable value frequency proportion
sex Male 741 0.0125
sex Female 903 0.0152
education lower 232 0.1411
education medium 1125 0.6843
education higher 279 0.1697
education other 6 0.0036
education NA 2 0.0012

Change in Attitudes by Age

The two graphs presented below illustrates how the two variables of interest change with age in Austria. The X-axis denotes age, while the Y-axis represents the average level of disagreement for v72 and v80.

Regression models

The table below shows regression models for both attitudes towards Child suffers (v72) and Job to national (v80) in Austria. The models include respondents’ age, age squared, sex and education.

Outputs from Regression Models
  Child suffers(v72) Job to national(v80)
(Intercept) 2.79*** 2.94***
  (0.18) (0.27)
age -0.01 0.00
  (0.01) (0.01)
age^2 -0.00 -0.00
  (0.00) (0.00)
sexFemale 0.16*** 0.10
  (0.04) (0.06)
edumedium 0.25*** -0.07
  (0.07) (0.10)
eduhigher 0.53*** 0.41***
  (0.08) (0.12)
eduother -0.11 -0.22
  (0.35) (0.52)
R2 0.10 0.07
Adj. R2 0.09 0.07
Num. obs. 1598 1615
***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05

Based on the model above, it appears that the sex variable has a significant impact on v72. It shows that females are more likely to disagree that the child suffers if the mother works by 0.16 compared to males, showing a positive relationship. (p<0.05) In the Job to national(v80) model, it appears that the sex variable is not statistically significant on attitudes national (p>0.05).